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KATHMANDU, June 16:
By Rajesh KC (A2 Student):
Venue: T. U. Cricket Ground, Kirtipur, Nepal.
As per the annual practice of the Chelsea Sports Club of Chelsea
International Academy, Kathmandu, Nepal, this year as well the college
management encouraged the students of the Chelsea Sports Club to
invite and manage the two day cricketing event on Wednesday, June 15th
& Thursday, June 16th respectively. There were four teams all
together, two at a side.
Mumbai Cricket Club won both of their matches in the final day of the
Two Days Friendly T20 Match Series between Chelsea International
Academy and Mumbai Cricket Club here at TU Ground on Thursday. On
winning the toss, Chelsea A opted to field first. For Mumbai B, Ajoy
opened the innings with an impressive performance of 34 runs from just
25 balls with three fours before being caught on the ball of Suresh
Adhikari. Mahesh added 25 runs on the board with two fours. Two
wickets each from Suresh Adhikari and Siddhartha Poudyal and a wicket
each from Manoj Chundali, Bijay Sapkota and Manish Dhakal helped
Chelsea A restrict Mumbai B to the totals of 118 runs for 8 wickets in
the allocated 20 overs. Chasing the target Ruksal Bohara made 12 runs
from 21 balls while Manish Shrestha made 11 runs off 13 balls. None of
the other batsmen made a double digit score. With three wickets from
Sanket and Divesh, two wickets from Abhisek and a wicket from Joy,
Mumbai B managed to restrict Chelsea A on 64 runs for 10 wickets to
register a win by 54 runs.
In another match played, Mumbai A registered a 9 wickets win over
Chelsea B. Chelsea B won the toss and elected to bat first. Srijan
Amatya made a good start for the team with 19 runs off 24 balls with a
single four. But it all went down when he was bowled out by Pratik.
The wickets then started falling down. Thanks to Nilaya Mainali who
made a wonderful half century from 45 balls with seven fours which
helped Chelsea B to make a good total of 118 runs loosing 7 wickets in
20 overs. Harshad took three wickets; Pratik took two wickets while
Bhavesh took one wicket for Mumbai B. Defending the target Ajinkya
made 61 runs from 41 balls with five fours and one six, Ankit added 38
runs from 35 balls with two fours and a six to the board to win the
match by 9 wickets in the thirteenth over.
Earlier, Mumbai A had defeated Chelsea A by 92 runs while Mumbai B had
defeated Chelsea B by 12 runs. “We have been playing matches from
recent years against Mumbai Cricket Club and we hope it will continue
in the upcoming years. No matter whoever wins? We have got to learn
more”, said skipper Ghanashyam Neupane from the home team. The team
from Mumbai Cricket Club is here for a tour under the coaching of
Jwala Singh. Finally the students of Chelsea Sports Club and the
Mumbai Cricket Club bid farewell until next year with a warm and
precious moment along with a loving and delicious dinner in the
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